I ve always wanted to play The Metal Gear Series , but never got the time to play it , Recently i started Playing MGS 3 Snake Eater & all i must say is that i am glad that i finally played my most awaited ps2 game of all time after resident evil 4( which btw i still need to play :P ) .there are No MGS SPOLIERS in here , SO FELL FREE TO READ :wink:

i played mgs 3 last week , it was absolute fun , the stealth was uber awesome , i ve never played too manny stealth games in the past , so mgs felt like a total package with an awesome storyline & super awesome cutscenes , a lot of people scared me about the cutscene lengths of mgs games , but i never really bothered , i love cutscenes & storylines that are deeper in a video game . i was very sure that mgs wont dissapoint , mgs 3 being my first game played in the mgs franchise was an absolute blast , not only its one of the best looking ps2 games out there , but one of the best games ever made . there is a boss fight callled " The End " in it , that fight took me a lot of patience to beat it , me being a guy who love challenges enjoyed this fight a lot , once i figured out how to beat him , i played it again & again , beat him 3 times :lol:. the later parts of the game were really awesome ,i was almost done with it , untill my pre ordered MGS 4 arrived .

So , i started Playing it . the intro was superb , the cutscenes , graphics were simply stunning , the camera angle felt quiet neat after mgs 3 , the environments were just superb , i like the way the cutscenes end & its back to normal gameplay & your hud appears .after playing mgs 3 , stealth in mgs 4 felt very very satisfying . i finished ACT 1 . after beating act 1 , i felt like that i need to know more about the charachters in the mgs universe . so i stopped playing after act 1 . i discussed with friends on gamespot about what to do , to play mgs 4 now or to first play mgs 3 , 1 & 2 all in a row , after a lot of discussions i decided that i ll be beating mgs 3, 1 & 2 first ,then get back to mgs 4 . now if only i get the time from warhawk to play mgs 3 & finish it :P .

Back on the road to become a General

as all of you already know i am a big time Warhawk Fan , having played it for over a 200 plus hours in the past , it was an absolute blast & leaving warhawk became a real big problem for me , all was well untill the operation broker mirror dlc rolled out , since it was region locked , i was forced to quit it , i was very dissapointed with this fact that i cant have the warhawk dlc . there is big problem with sony s dlc . most of it is region locked . further more you need the same psn Account , region Disc & Downloaded content to acces the dlc . not fair to those who live outside the U.S & U.K . after a lot of help on warhawk forums , people suggested me to download the warhawk dlc from the hong kong psn store since it accepts credit cards from asia , while us & uk psn stores doesnt accept credit cards outside the u.s , especiallly asia . i had a E.U version warhawk disc with me , so i made a new id last week ,picked up the dlc from hk psn store , since the dlc is region locked , i bought another warhawk ( digitally) from the hk store in order to access the dlc . I Finally got the dlc & it was an absolute blast , it was everything i expected out of it , incognito has done 1 hell of a job in supporting warhawk , with operation broken mirror , its very clear that the developer had gone the extra mile by improving its graphics & improving the gameplay, i was amazed by the environments in this dlc .

There is a new vehicle added in this dlc , The APC ( armed personnal carrier ) which can be used in all maps . mind you , the A.P.C is Bad@ss , it has changed the gameplay to a whole lot new level , the fights are now more interesting , especially capture the flag , the A.P.C if used properly can be a major threat to the opposite team , it has got a bubble shield like Halo 3 , its called Epod that warhawks cant even touch it . for ground troops the A.P.C is one major upgrade , another aspect is that you can respawn right inside it , it can hold upto 6 people , lets say if the apc is around enemy base , you get killed , you dont have to fly or run all the way to enemys base , you can respawn right inside the APC . both teams get APC , warhawk veterans like me dont mind to steal theirs too sometimes :twisted: :lol:. with benefits like respawing & shields in A.P.C , there are some disadvantages too , the A.P.C doesnt have a turret like you get in jeeps , so its quiet vulnerable to attacks from warhawks , a coupe of land mines or an airstrike can take it down in an instant , even flamethrowers can take the apc out in a very short time , if you happen to be supported by other teammates that carry wrenches , flamethrowers & rocket launchers equipped , then it can become a real threat for the opposite team to take down the A.P.C .

Warhawk s fast paced & balanced gameplay is what makes it an awesome online experience , plus unlocking medals , badges , ribbons ( like achievements are on 360 ) , ranking keeps every1 coming back 4 more . Warhawk Developer officialy revealed that Warhawk will support trophies with an update & will be retroactive , means if you have already ranked up a lot & unlocked medals & badges , expect a ton of trophies in your profile once the update rolls out . i like the achievements on the 360 , when i started playing warhawk , whenever i was rewarded for a medal or badge in warhawk , it felt much like achievements , its the reason i never got bored of warhawk ,there are tons of bages & medals i still need to unlock , but for the major part , i ve unlocked some of the hardest badges & ribbons , i need to work more towards getting medals now . the only problem for me last week was my old stats in warhawk , i wondered when i ll be getting psn card to get the dlc on my profile where i started playing warhawk first , not to mention , i had to pick a us ver warhawk in order to play dlc .

Last week i luckily got a U.S Version of Warhawk at a gamestore that imports a lot of games from the U.S & U.K , it was a single copy , it felt that as if it was waiting for me to be owned :oops: & today i finaly got my hands on a U.S PSN card , got it from EBAY via a friend of mine in the U.S . just downloaded both Omega Dawn & Operation Broken Mirror on my regular profile :),man............................. i feel so relieved that i cant tell you . now i have 3 copies of warhawk , US , EU & HK :lol: all is set now , after sooooooooooo manny amonut of troubles i went through,just to get my hands on the warhawk dlc , i ve finally resumed playing warhawk on my regular profile , my goal in warhawk is to be 1 day a GENERAL , it ll be one of the most rewarding things 4 me in gaming . i know that i am still a long way to get that rank , but 1 day i ll make it to the General Rank , speaking about Goals , My previous Gears of War goal that was to get 10,000 kils will be done right before gears 2 :wink: .

here is my new warhawk profile stats

My Regular & Current Warhawk stats

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New Stuff

MGS 4 LE

Warhawk (U.S Ver), Battlefield Bad Company (Gold Edition)

Dualshock 2 & Bluetooth Headset ( Broke my ds 2 while playing mgs 3 :P,Had to get a new 1:( )

& last but not least , Coooooooooooooooooooooole Train :P

Bad Company Impressions

I Jumped into its online mode last nite , it supports 24 online , i had a blast last nite with my friends in bad company , i am rank 8 at the moment , rank 25 is the max , all the cl@sses are very well balanced , support cl@ss is now both an engineer & medic , for the most part i chosed this cl@ss, so far its been good , there is only one mode called Gold rush , one team has to defend two gold crates , the other has to destroy ,the defenders have to stop the attackers from destroying the gold crates ( its more like bomb the base ),once the opposite team runs out of reinforcements & thier bar gets depleted they automatically loose . attackers need to destroy these gold crates , once they have destroyed them , it becomes thier base & a new gold crate location is marked on thier map , once the attackers destroy enough gold crates & completely deplete thier team bars, they win . conquest mode will be added in futurte via dlc by ea , overall this gold rush mode is gr8 enough to spend time with , vehicle handling is not good at first , will take some time getting used to, fans of battlefield games will feel right at home , the weapons feel gr8 , sounds effects are cool , graphics are good enough , the destructible environments are awesome .

The frostbite engine does a gr8 job in handling bad companys physics , everything is desctructible . this time around there is a neat single player campaign around , i have only beaten the first mission , so far its good . overall its a gr8 game to what i ve seen so far , the maps are amazing , the gold rush mode never gets old at all . i ll post more of it in my next blog :wink: .

I might take a break from Blogging & gamespot 4 a while , you may have already noticed it , i dont blog here now that often like i used to be , there is a lot of reasons behing that, first things is that i ve got too much work in the office, i hardly get any time fior myself , i will try to be here as much as i can , i cant leave this community at all ,i love sharing my views on gaming with you guys , i love reading all of your blogs , i feel bad that i have still not commented in some of your blogs, but i will do that 4 sure whenever i get the time 4 it , hope you all understand ,i just cant be away from a community that rocks 24/7 . proud to be a member of this community & proud to have super awesome friends like you , rock on .

Happy 4 of the July to all my U.S friends :) &

wishing my gr8 buddy Reetesh A very Happy Birthday :wink:

take care , i ll se you all very soon :wink: